BTI Speaker Series

Improving Digital Technologies for People with Disabilities
Stacy Branham, PhD
Speaker: Stacy Branham, PhD, Associate Professor of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine.
Generative AI & Translational Science
Matthew DeCamp MD,PhD
Speaker: Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado; Director of Research Ethics for the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI)
Cultivating Community and Collective Action with and for Staff
Matthew Griffith, PhD
Speaker: Matthew Griffith, PhD, Assistant Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI)- Strategy and Programs, School of Medicine, Stanford University.
Cognitive Aging among Black Americans: Investigating Risk and Protective Factors
DeAnnah Byrd, PhD
Speaker: DeAnnah Byrd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation, Arizona State University (ASU); Associate at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research at the University of Michigan.
Engineering Health Equity: A broad lens for bio-medical engineering teaching and research
Naomi Chesler, PhD
Speaker: Naomi Chesler, PhD, Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UCI and Director of the UCI-Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC).
Recruitment and Partnerships to Amplify Marginalized Voices
Dawn Bounds, PhD, MS
Speaker: Dawn Bounds, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California, Irvine; Creator and Director of the Centering Youth & Families for Empowerment and Resilience (CYFER) Lab at the University of California, Irvine.
Engaging Black Americans in Translational Research through Community Outreach and Education
Karen Lincoln PhD, MSW, MA, FGSA
Speaker: Karen Lincoln PhD, MSW, MA, FGSA Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of the Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research in the Program of Public Health at UCI.
Culture Change through Personal, Professional, & Institutional Accountability
Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Speaker: Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Department, Interim Director for the Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing, University of Washington School of Nursing.
Culture Change through Personal, Professional, & Institutional Accountability
L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
Speaker: L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Vice Chief Academic officer and Chief Science Officer of Atrium Health; Eleanor Easley Distinguished Professor of Medicine.
Health Equity and the Focus on Diversity of the Workforce
Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI
Speaker: Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Science; Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine.
Diversifying the Biomedical Research Workforce
Jennifer C. Danek, MD
Speaker: Jennifer C. Danek, MD, Clinical Instructor, Medicine, University of Washington.
Use of Race/Ethnicity to Inform Clinical Decision-Making
Dr. Keith C. Norris, MD, PhD
Speaker: Dr. Keith C. Norris, MD, PhD, UCLA, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engagement Research Program.